FYI.
I find it interesting that Trump rallied about the Wikileaks publication of Russian crime only to realize the man that facilitated it is facing a potential crime that Pamela Anderson states "We need to save his life. That is how serious this is." That is a whole lot different than 5 years. His attorney(s) need to speak to people on behalf of Julian Assange because the public is not on the same page as Ms. Anderson.
The prosecuting attorneys need to speak to Americans about the charges Julian Assange is facing. He is not a USA citizen. He cannot be charged with treason. What kind of charges is Assange facing that could bring him the death sentence?
I am going to end reading today. I will resume tomorrow. This treatment of Assange is a surprise to me. He is in a Supermax prison? That seems far too severe to me.
This is more than just Russia. This is more or less about the US military information released on Wikileaks. That is why Chelsea Manning is involved.
2 May 2019
By Ben Quinn
...Ben Brandon, the counsel for the US government, (click here) presented details of the US case against Assange at Westminster magistrates court on Thursday. He said the charges related to one of the largest compromises of information in US history.
They were connected to the downloading of a “vast amount of classified documents” by Chelsea Manning, the US intelligence analyst who subsequently served a prison sentence....
...Assange is being held in “appalling” conditions in prison, said the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing website the Australian founded, after the hearing. “For the last weeks since he was arrested, he has spent 23 out of 24 hours a day in his cell most of the time,” said Kristinn Hrafnsson, who blamed “austerity and cutbacks”.
“That is what we call in general terms solitary confinement. That applies to most of the prisoners in that appalling facility. It is unacceptable that a publisher is spending time in that prison,” he said....
...The US charge against him carries a maximum five-year prison sentence, but supporters are concerned further, more serious charges could be added later.
Snow told Assange the next hearing where “something of substance” would happen would be 12 June because, by then, Assange would have received all paperwork from the US after a formal extradition request was served. But he suspected it would take many months before “the full substance” of Assange’s case was heard....
The five-year sentence was for the extradition hearing that facilitated his custody to the USA. He is still facing time in the UK, but, that didn't keep him in England. I think the final charges presented later will be substantial and may include the Russia hacking of the DNC and Clinton Campaign.
Pamela Anderson is correct, this is going to require support and depending on complete disclosure of his charges may require donations to his defense if it is a prolonged time in the USA courts.
Until tomorrow.
